It will be built in partnership with Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) to strengthen Bangladesh's response to "the overwhelming health needs of camp residents", WAM reported.

Medicines Sans Frontiers will supervise the management of the hospital after securing permits from local and regional authorities in Bangladesh.

HH Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, wife of HH the Ruler of Sharjah, Chairperson of The Big Heart Foundation, and the UNHCR Eminent Advocate for Refugee Children, said the hospital reflected the UAE's "principles of giving to others".

Director general of SMC, Mohammed Hassan Khalaf, said: "We have a global humanitarian duty towards refugees and this donation is simply a contribution by the corporation to meet that duty. We hope other public and private institutions in Sharjah, and the rest of the UAE, will lead by the example set by the corporation and follow suit."